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our vessels filled, that so, at the great midnight cry, "Behold! the Bridegroom cometh, go ye out to meet Him," we may be ready to enter with him to the marriage.

May the writer and reader again meet on the other side of the stream. Amen!

T. CHURCH.

TRUST IN THE LORD.

NOT seldom, clad in radiant vest,
Deceitfully goes forth the morn;
Not seldom, evening, in the west,
Sinks smilingly foresworn,

The smoothest seas will sometimes prove
To the confiding bark untrue;
And if she trust to stars above,
They can be treacherous too.

The umbrageous oak, in pomp outspread,
Full oft when storms the welkin rend,
Draws lightning down upon the head
It promised to defend.

But Thou art true, incarnate Lord!
Thou didst vouchsafe for man to die;
Thy smile is sure, Thy plighted word
No change can falsify.

I bent before thy gracious throne,

And ask'd for peace with suppliant knee;
And peace was given,-nor peace alone,

But faith, and hope, and ecstacy.

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HE IS OUR PEACE.

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BLESSED words! ever to be remembered in a world full of sin, trouble, and death. We need such, that we may not faint by the way, and that we may be enabled to possess our souls in patience; nay, more-that amid tribulations and sorrows, that may and will in God's providence come upon us, we may rejoice evermore, knowing we have Him who is our peace, both for time and for eternity. Like the weary sufferer stretched on a bed of sickness, waiting for the approach of morn, or the tempesttossed mariner, who catches at the rope to save himself from shipwreck, so would we lay hold on this precious truth, "He is our peace." We have felt there is no other refuge but Christ Jesus, the beloved One; no other harbour wherein to flee for safety, but the bosom of his everlasting love. Here we may securely repose. From this no earthly power can dislodge; no enemy from within or without separate. The prophet Isaiah styled our blessed Saviour "The Prince of Peace." How fully did he confirm whilst on earth the testimony given! When the Babe lay in the manger, what glorious tidings sounded from on high-"Glory to God in the highest! peace on earth! good will towards men!" When the troubled waves rose so high, and threatened destruction to all on board, so that the disciples came saying, “Master, we perish," who exclaimed, "Peace! be still! and there was a great calm?" Who brought health to the sick, power to the weak, rest to the weary, life to the

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